The Hall of Lost Steps

The Hall of Lost Steps 1964

7.60

In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due to the atomic bomb.

1964

Guernica

Guernica 1978

5.40

The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world.

1978

Ceiling

Ceiling 1962

5.10

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice. It is seldom that Marta gets the space to speak, instead she is mostly subject to the voice of others.

1962

The Uninvited Guest

The Uninvited Guest 1991

6.30

A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.

1991

Cars Without a Home

Cars Without a Home 1959

6.30

Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.

1959

Uncle

Uncle 1959

6.50

In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.

1959

Aquarius

Aquarius 1955

1

A color puppet film based on the famous ballad of K. J. Erben "Aquarius".

1955

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot 1966

1

Jakubisko’s graduation work which examines the lives of young people on the eve of their joining the army for national service.

1966

Konečná

Konečná 1970

1

Final train station turnes out to be something much more different...

1970

Green Street

Green Street 1962

5.30

Her first foray into documentary filmmaking was a short called Green Street (1959), a look at an over-loaded freight train departing from Prague. Though only nine minutes in length, Chytilová’s astute editing ensured a visual spectacle.

1962

Oil Gobblers

Oil Gobblers 1988

6.60

A zoologist and a biochemist go out into an oilfield with a cameraman and filmmaker to observe and study the elusive oil gobblers.

1988